Merchant nanofabrication startup building photonic infrastructure for defense and space applications.
Founding Nanofab Engineer
Your mornings start in the cleanroom: calibrating e-beam systems, debugging process flows for silicon photonics, and documenting yield data that determines whether a wafer run ships or gets scrapped. You'll own the full loop—translating mask designs into fab recipes, troubleshooting etch uniformity, and iterating with design teams who've never had access to a dedicated photonics foundry. This is hands-on infrastructure work for someone who'd rather debug aPECVD reactor anomaly than sit through another roadmap review.
What they're looking for
- 2–6 years in semiconductor or photonics fabrication: you've run process lots, not just simulated them
- Deep familiarity with at least two of: e-beam lithography, dry etching (ICP/RIE), PECVD, wafer bonding, or CMP
- Track record of owning a process module from qualification to stable yield, with documentation to match
- Comfortable with ambiguity in an early-stage hardware environment: you build the SOPs, not just follow them
- U.S. person status or ability to obtain security clearance for defense-adjacent work